Originally Posted By Mattl:If they are drilled can I use the same Reciever for yugos and Romys??? Will the rivets line up the same, same holes same places???

The receivers can be used for both... with a little fabrication. The Yugos have a bulged front trunnion the Romy's don't. also the holes in a 100% rec. or a flat are different for both the front and rear trunnions from yugo to Romy.

Originally Posted By Mattl:If they are drilled can I use the same Reciever for yugos and Romys??? Will the rivets line up the same, same holes same places???

The receivers can be used for both... with a little fabrication. The Yugos have a bulged front trunnion the Romy's don't. also the holes in a 100% rec. or a flat are different for both the front and rear trunnions from yugo to Romy.

Forgive my ignorance, FRONT TRUNION??? I thought the trunion is at the back of the reciever, where the stock slips in?

Robert Ibe has these blanks available in 0.040" and 0.050" thickness. I used one on my .45ACP conversion, and it was a very nice piece to work with.

He also carries blanks with the step for the Yugo/RPK trunnion. I plan on using one of these for my Romanian RPK, since my rifle did not have the dimpled receiver.

For templates, there are several different versions available. I would look around for all the available ones and print them out for comparison. One of the templates I downloaded was significantly off from the others. The Ace Arms version 2 template seem to be pretty close.

I just placed an order through coldsteel for a .40. This is my first build, so it is obviously my first purchase from them. Any suggestions or advise from those who have had the coldsteel receiver would be appreciated.

So you follow the glued on paper template and scribe marks onto the bent metal. Then remove the template and dremel away. Heat treat and you're done, right? That sure sounds do-able. How do you get the larger indentations in the sides?

Originally Posted By Astrogoth:So you follow the glued on paper template and scribe marks onto the bent metal. Then remove the template and dremel away. Heat treat and you're done, right? That sure sounds do-able. How do you get the larger indentations in the sides?

You forgot welding in the rails. I suppose the Mag demples are optional since WSAR-10's don't have them but your mags will wobble. I guess one could also weld in a spacer inside the mag well in place of the demples.